Invest your time in knitting a pair of beautiful Vanilla Fingerless Gloves that will fit your hands perfectly. Look great in any worsted-weight yarn and are sure to be loved and worn out.
Step-by-step video here.
The Vanilla fingerless gloves are worked in the round, in one piece. Cute lace details make these fingerless gloves quick to make. You don’t have to worry about right and left, because both mitts are the same.
Length Modification: To add length to the cuff, continue knitting in 1×1 twisted ribbing until you reach the desired length.
Needles
US 7 / 4.5 mm 32”- 80 cm circular needles or dpns.
Yarn
Worsted weight – I used: Hobbii Upcycled Alpaca Blend in color 04 (218 yds / 200 m; 34% Acrylic, 33% Alpaca, 33% Wool)
Yardage
70 (100, 130, 145, 160, 170) yds / 65 (90, 120, 135, 145, 155) m
Gauge
19 sts × 24 rnds = 4″ / 10 cm in Stockinette st
Other notions
1 BOR marker
Tapestry needle
Sizing
Small Child (Older Child, Adult Small, Adult Medium, Adult Large, Adult XLarge).
To fit hand circumference: 5 (6, 6.75, 7.25, 8, 9)” / 12.5 (15, 17, 18.5, 20.5, 22.8) cm.
Finished garment hand measurements: 4.9 (5.6, 6.3, 7, 7.7, 8.5)” / 12.5 (14.2, 16, 17.8, 19.6, 21.5) cm.
Scribe: 7.7 inches x 9 inches x 0.22 inches (196 mm x 230 mm x 5.6 mm)
GLOSSARY:
Picot cast on:
Step 1: CO 6 sts using Knitted Cast-On Method. (For the first time ONLY cast on 6 sts, after that CO 4sts)
Step 2: K2.
Step 3: BO 1 on your right-hand needle by slipping the far-right stitch over the second stitch on the needle.
Step 4: K1 (2sts on your right-hand needle.)
Step 5: BO 1 (1st on the right-hand needle.)
Step 6: Slip the right-hand needle stitch onto the left needle.
Repeat steps 1 – 6 (CO4, k2, BO1, k1, BO1, sl 1, etc) until you have the required number of CO sts.
Elastic Bind off:
Knit one stitch. Knit another one. Now insert your left needle through the 2 st you have on your right, in front of the right needle. Knit these 2 st together through the back loop. You have bound off 1 stitch. Now you can knit the following st from your left needle and repeat the process until you have worked all your stitches.
ABBREVIATIONS
BO: bind off
BOR: the beginning of the round
CO: cast on
DPN: double pointed needle
K: knit
K2tog: knit 2 sts together
Ktbl: knit through the back loop
M: marker
P: purl
Pm: place marker
Rm: remove marker
Rnd(s): round(s)
RS: right side
Ssk: slip 1 knitwise, slip 1 knitwise, knit slipped stitches together through the back of the loops
Sm: slip marker
St(s): stitch; stitches
Yo: Yarn over
PATTERN
Beginning – PICOT:
Picot CO 24 (28, 32, 34, 38, 42) sts using the picot cast-on method. (Instructions on page 3). Place BOR m and join in the round, being careful not to twist the stitches. Join for working in the rnd, being careful not to twist sts, pm for BOR.
Body
Rnd 1: *K2tog, YO; rep from * to end.
Rnd 2: Knit
Rnd 3: Purl
From the next round, continue working in stockinette stitch for 8 (10, 12, 14, 16, 18) rounds.
Now you will start the thumb hole.
Note: You will work the next section back and forth in rows. You can remove the BOR.
Row 1 (WS): K2, p to the last 2 sts, k2.
Row 2 (RS): Knit.
Repeat Rows 1-2 until you have 6 (8, 10, 12, 14, 16) rows worked in total.
Note: You will work on the next section in the round. Join for working in the rnd, being careful not to twist sts, pm for BOR.
Rnds 1-2: Knit
Rnd 3 Purl
Rnd 4: *K2tog, YO; rep from * to end.
Rnd 5: Knit
Rnd 6: Purl
Now you will start the cuff. (For length modification, see the suggestion on page 3).
Work in 1 x 1 twisted ribbing ~ (k1tbl, p1) until ribbing measures approximately 1 to 2″ / 2.5 to 5 cm.
ENDING
Finish your fingerless glove with an elastic BO (Instructions on page 3).
FINISHING
Weave in ends and block the accessory to finished measurements.